{"id":15472,"date":"2016-11-29T17:25:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T17:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=15472"},"modified":"2016-11-29T17:25:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T17:25:43","slug":"llandaff-set-christmas-lights-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/29\/llandaff-set-christmas-lights-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Llandaff set for Christmas lights switch-on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LLANDAFF&#8217;s High Street will be the stage for the village&#8217;s Christmas lights switch-on tomorrow in what promises to be an entertaining evening filled with Welsh talent.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sue Charles, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">weather presenter for BBC Wales will be switching on the lights and there will also be performances from Jodi Bird a singer from Barry who reached the semi-finals of Britain\u2019s Got Talent in 2014 and an appearance by The Grinch.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Cathedral School band and Howell\u2019s school choir will also be playing, guaranteeing it to be an evening full of music.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event will start from 6.15pm, with the lights being switched on at 7pm. Many of the shops and cafes will be open so that visitors can escape the chill and get a hot drink or do some Christmas gift shopping.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Organisers have also got together with charity Welsh Hearts, who will have bucket collectors at the event. All money collected will go towards funding a defibrillator for the village. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The defibrillator will be presented to the community on the night and placed outside Llandaff Surgery on the High Street.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LLANDAFF&#8217;s High Street will be the stage for the village&#8217;s Christmas lights switch-on tomorrow in what promises to be an entertaining evening filled with Welsh talent. 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